42-70. Discovery.
(a) The parties to an action brought pursuant to this Article shall be entitled to conduct discovery, if the action is filed originally in or appealed to the district court, only in accordance with this section.
(b) Any defendant must initiate all discovery within the time allowed by this Article for the filing of an answer or counterclaim.
(c) The plaintiff must initiate all discovery within 20 days of service of an answer or counterclaim by a defendant.
(d) All parties served with interrogatories, requests for production of documents, and requests for admissions under G.S. 1A-1, Rules 33, 34, and 36 shall serve their responses within 20 days.
(e) Upon application by the plaintiff, or agreement of the parties, the court shall issue a preliminary injunction against all alleged illegal activity by the defendant or other identified parties who are residents of the individual rental unit or guests of defendants, pending the completion of discovery and any other wait before the trial has occurred. (1995, c. 419, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 42 - Landlord and Tenant
Article 7 - Expedited Eviction of Drug Traffickers and Other Criminals.
§ 42-59.1 - Statement of Public Policy.
§ 42-60 - Nature of actions and jurisdiction.
§ 42-63 - Remedies and judicial orders.
§ 42-64 - Affirmative defense or exemption to a complete eviction.
§ 42-65 - Obstructing the execution or enforcement of a removal or eviction order.
§ 42-66 - Motion to enforce eviction and removal orders.
§ 42-67 - Impermissible defense.
§ 42-68 - Expedited proceedings.
§ 42-69 - Relation to criminal proceedings.
§ 42-71 - Protection of threatened witnesses or affiants.
§ 42-72 - Availability of law enforcement resources to plaintiffs or potential plaintiffs.
§ 42-74 - Preliminary or emergency relief.